https://www.loveandlemons.com/tag/gluten-free-optional/ Healthy, whole food, vegan and vegetarian recipes Wed, 09 Jul 2025 17:33:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.loveandlemons.com/asparagus-ribbon-mint-pea-pesto-toasts/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/asparagus-ribbon-mint-pea-pesto-toasts/#comments Sun, 20 May 2018 17:59:49 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=30548
If you love asparagus, but the people you’re living with don’t, this post is for you. Even if you’re just blasé about asparagus, like I used to be, give it a chance by ribboning it! The thin, raw ribbons tossed with olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and pepper are so fresh and delicious that you’ll completely avoid the unpleasant fibrous, stringy experience that asparagus sometimes causes. You can toss them in salads, put them on pizza… last weekend we ate them on fancy toast because these happened to be the ingredients that I had on hand. To make the ribbons, you […]

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This pesto pasta recipe is pretty much my ideal weeknight dinner. It’s SO easy to make—just blend up the vibrant pesto sauce and toss with your favorite pasta shape—but it’s still incredibly flavorful. It’s bursting with notes of fresh basil, nutty Parmesan, and brightness from lemon. I’m sharing a quick guide to how to make pesto pasta below. Sure, this classic Italian dish is simple, but there are a few tips and tricks you should know in order to get it just right. Don’t toss your pasta cooking water, watch the heat, and season to taste for a perfect bowl […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/pesto-pasta/feed/ 34 https://www.loveandlemons.com/portobello-mushroom-tacos/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/portobello-mushroom-tacos/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2015 17:46:30 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=21551
These may be portobello mushroom tacos, but secretly, they’re all about the sauce. It’s a vegan riff on ranch dressing made with cashews, roasted jalapeños, and cucumber, and it’s so good that I have a hard time not eating it all with a spoon! However, resisting it long enough to top it onto these mushroom tacos is totally worth the wait. Cool, creamy, spicy, and bright, it perfectly accents the tangy, meaty grilled mushrooms and fresh garnishes in this recipe. The combination is really terrific – if you try these mushroom tacos once, they’ll have a permanent place in your […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/portobello-mushroom-tacos/feed/ 53 https://www.loveandlemons.com/saras-strawberry-tabbouleh/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/saras-strawberry-tabbouleh/#comments Wed, 03 Jun 2015 15:55:18 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=20710
After I posted my list of favorite spring cookbooks, I could tell that this is the book you’ve all been waiting for – and I’m here to tell you that Sara & Hugh Forte’s new book, Sprouted Kitchen Bowl + Spoon, doesn’t disappoint. The photos are of course gorgeous, and the food… well it makes you want to dig in with a spoon because all of it, like this tabbouleh recipe, looks so incredibly vibrant and delicious! The book has been sitting on my desk for a little while now, among a slew of papers, books, and other messy-desk things – which is how this tabbouleh recipe […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/saras-strawberry-tabbouleh/feed/ 19 https://www.loveandlemons.com/quinoa-quesadillas/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/quinoa-quesadillas/#comments Fri, 01 Nov 2013 17:18:32 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=12666
Happy day-after Halloween, who’s ready to cook? No one… That’s what I thought. So before we head to Thanksgiving Town, I thought I’d share another quick and easy (and tasty) meal you can throw together using last night’s leftovers… Just like the picture says – take your leftovers from this salad, add some black beans (maybe a few more spices), and some cheese… fold it into tortillas… then dig in to some pretty hearty & healthy quesadillas. Of course, cook these on your stovetop and not on your marble countertop. quinoa quesadillas   Print Author: Jeanine Donofrio Serves: serves 2 […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/quinoa-quesadillas/feed/ 20 https://www.loveandlemons.com/easy-peanut-noodles/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/easy-peanut-noodles/#comments Sun, 06 Oct 2013 17:35:50 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=12191
I don’t make peanut noodles nearly enough. I forget how easy it is to make a peanut sauce, and that I usually already have all the ingredients on hand. I’ve made other peanut sauce variations before, but this time I wanted to simplify it down to just the necessary six ingredients. It takes about 5 minutes (tops) to stir it together… then toss it with noodles & veggies. Dinner is done. We rarely have leftovers when I serve peanut noodles for dinner, but when we do, I use the leftover peanut noodles in lettuce wraps for lunch the next day. […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/easy-peanut-noodles/feed/ 36 https://www.loveandlemons.com/heirloom-tomato-avocado-chickpea-salad/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/heirloom-tomato-avocado-chickpea-salad/#comments Thu, 15 Aug 2013 17:59:13 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=11190
This is the part where I get sad about the inevitable end of summer. Granted, my back-to-school days are long gone, and it’ll be another four months before I’ll have to so much as think about a sweater. The part I’m not ready to let go of is the bright colorful food. My eyes are not ready to adjust to the shade of pumpkin (as much as I love it)… just yet. Lately, I’ve been consuming these gorgeous Whole Foods heirloom tomatoes by the basket-full. They work well in this particular salad because each type is a little bit different. Some […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/heirloom-tomato-avocado-chickpea-salad/feed/ 42 https://www.loveandlemons.com/slow-roasted-tomato-pasta/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/slow-roasted-tomato-pasta/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:43:16 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=10827
Your eyes aren’t tricking you, these are not zucchini noodles. As much as I love non-noodle noodles, some nights just call for a big bowl of pasta. Especially when I have more tomatoes than I know what to do with and a basil plant that is finally flourishing. Slow roasting tomatoes is, well, slow. But it’s entirely hands-off and you really can’t mess it up. I find roasting to be an easy fix for my tomatoes that aren’t so perfect – you know, the ones that are sadly not that sweet. Eight or so hours later, they’re shriveled up little […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/slow-roasted-tomato-pasta/feed/ 33 https://www.loveandlemons.com/creamy-almond-pasta/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/creamy-almond-pasta/#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 15:31:07 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=9198
Meals like this are the reason I love cooking at home. These are the kinds of dishes that my lactose intolerant self can’t order at restaurants. The amount of butter and cream that go into pastas and risottos… I don’t even want to know. I worked on this a few different ways. I was going to make an almond version of cashew cream (similar to this one), but I decided I didn’t want to ask you to break out the blender. At least not this time. The winner was this version where I simmered leeks & mushrooms in almond milk. Such […]

]]> https://www.loveandlemons.com/creamy-almond-pasta/feed/ 36 https://www.loveandlemons.com/ginger-citrus-soba/ https://www.loveandlemons.com/ginger-citrus-soba/#comments Mon, 18 Mar 2013 18:28:42 +0000 https://www.loveandlemons.com/?p=7648
I realize I posted soba noodles only a few weeks ago, but I’m back with more. This time, they’re stir fried in a sweet, tangy orange-ginger soy sauce with some crunchy snow peas and edamame. While that one was best served cold, this one is best piping hot. And aside from the tedious task of cleaning the snow peas, this comes together rather quickly.   ginger citrus soba & snow peas   Print Author: Jeanine Donofrio Serves: serves 2 as a main dish, 3-4 as a side Ingredients 4 ounces soba noodles (100% buckwheat soba if gluten free. If not […]

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